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Muddy Waters"All the kids made their own git-tars. Made mine out of a box and bit of stick for a neck. Couldn't do much with it, but that's how you lea… Started by billy freedom |
0 | Nov 3, 2011 |
Ritchie ValensAs a child, Ritchie Valens made himself a guitar out of a cigar box and a broom handle and strung it with household string. Started by billy freedom |
0 | Dec 31, 2009 |
Blind Willie JohnsonWhen Blind Willie Johnson was five, he told his father he was going to be a preacher, and made a one stringed guitar from a broomstick and… Started by billy freedom |
0 | Dec 31, 2009 |
gas can guitarhttp://www.macarnold.com/gas_can_guitars.html Started by billy freedom |
0 | Nov 12, 2009 |
Magic SamAs a child Magic Sam made his own instruments, first diddley bows of baling wire nailed to the side of a house, then guitars from cigar box… Started by billy freedom |
0 | Nov 9, 2009 |
Robert Johnson"He started playin' when he about 8 or 9 years old. He had 3 nails and 3 strands of wire nailed up on the east side of his house and put hi… Started by billy freedom |
0 | Oct 28, 2009 |
Bob MarleyBob spent a lot of time playing and singing the R&B he heard on New Orleans radio with his friend Neville Livingstone "Bunny Wailer". D… Started by billy freedom |
0 | Sep 19, 2009 |
Jimi HendrixAt Eight Jimi wanted to play the guitar so bad that he used a corn broom to strum out rhythms in his head. His daily chore was sweeping his… Started by billy freedom |
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Ike TurnerIke Turner- All the real muscians and fans that heard and played with Ike know that he was pure, stomp-down, genius of a musician who could… Started by billy freedom |
0 | Sep 17, 2009 |
Sleepy John EstesSleepy John Estes first attempted sports until someone hit him in the eye with a rock during a baseball game and blinded him. He then switc… Started by billy freedom |
0 | Sep 17, 2009 |
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